There’s been a growing fascination among film-makers with the child abuse scandal in the Catholic Church. The latest, Spotlight, opens in Britain next week. It depicts an institution concerned first and foremost with its own protection
Just Imagine the scene: a studio pitching session. A young writer dives in, not wasting a second of the allotted five minutes. A story of salvation and redemption, he begins. OK, say the money men guardedly, not for the first time. A group of alienated youngsters, he continues, kids who’ve fallen through a patchy and indifferent care system, are taken in hand by … a Catholic priest … who provides them with a refuge, a community where they make their own rules. A pause. So who finds him out? say the studio execs. Where’s the
21 January 2016, The Tablet
Shining a Spotlight on a Catholic church more concerned with self preservation
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I am a family physician from Chicago. I went to medical school at Trinity College Dublin and did further training at the Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre in Birmingham, England, before returning home to Chicago. I have met many who have been sexually abused by priests. I was sexually assaulted by a Carmelite priest when I was a young doctor in Dublin. In 2010, I was able to share my story with the Archbishop of Dublin, Dr Diarmuid Martin, who made my predator accountable. Restorative justice is needed for the victims of clergy sexual abuse worldwide.
Sincerely, Dr Rosemary Eileen McHugh, MD, MSpir, USA
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